On January 10, 1972, Deputy Sheriff Ralph Gayle Hancock, aged 30, was shot and killed during a civil rights demonstration that escalated into a riot on North Boulevard in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The demonstration was held by members of the Nation of Islam who were protesting alleged racial injustices. When Baton Rouge police officers arrived to disperse the demonstration, a violent shootout ensued between the demonstrators and the police. Deputy Hancock, along with Deputy Sheriff Ralph
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